NEW - Russia's watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said two cases of COVID and two rhinovirus infections were detected among contacts of a laboratory worker who died of suspected plague in the Irkutsk region, according to TASS.

NEW - Russia's watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said two cases of COVID and two rhinovirus infections were detected among contacts of a laboratory worker who died of suspected plague in the Irkutsk region, according to TASS.